Paintbrush holder



April 15, 1930. w. LlssY 1,754,366

PAINTBRUSH HOLDER v Filed March 20, 1928 A ttor ne y I ,7 v W/Y/fd/T)[J55] Inventor I Patented Apr. 15, 1 936 UNITED STATES WILLIAM LISSY, OFSPOKANE, WASHINGTON PAINTBBUSH HOLDER Application filed March 20, 1928.Serial No. 263,192.

My present invention relates to improvements in paint brush holdersdesigned par ticularly for use with a paint bucket. By means of thebrush holder of my invention,

the brush may be attached in convenient place at the upper edge of thepaint bucket in order that the brush may be accessible at all times tothe painter, thus saving time and labor during the painting operations.The 1 holder is detachably fastened to the bucket so that the brush maybe placed in the holder or secured thereon for storage purposes and willbe freely accessible whenever desired by the painter.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements ofparts as will hereinafterbe more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, I have il- 2 lustrated one, completeexample of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts arecombined and arranged according to the best mode I have so far devisedfor the practical application of the principles of my 1 invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a bucket. of paint with theholder and brush of my invention supported on the bucket;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail side view showing the brush supported uponthe holder;

Fig. 3 is a view showing one-half of the holder in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a side view of the holder.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section of Fig. 4 on line 5--5 showing themanner of retaining the end of the spring 10 in position on thejaw 3.

In order that the general assembly and relation of parts may readily beunderstood, I have shown in Fig. 1 a paint bucket B having the bail orhandle H as usual. The brush -1 is provided with a handle 2 as usual andthe brush holder is fashioned with a pair of clamping jaws 3 and 4C.These jaws are pref? erably fashioned of metal and are provided 1 withhandles 5 and 6 so that they may be pressed together for opening andclosing the jaws. To strengthen the jaws, they are provided with sideflanges as 7 and between the aws a coil spring 8 is interposed andretained in position by means of lugs as 9 that are struck from the bodyof one of the jaws and bent over the coil spring for retaining devices.

The ends 10 and 11 of the spring are attached to the respective jaws 3and 1 and these ends pass through openings in the flanges 7 and aresecured in perforated lugs 12 that are struck from the body of the jawsfor this purpose. The ends 10 and 11 of the I spring are thus rigidlyanchored to the respective jaws and the spring tends to normally bringthe jaws into closed position so that the holder may be slipped over theedge of the bucket and retained thereon as indicated in Fig. 1. Thehandles 5 and 6 of course are used to manipulate the jaws in clasping orunclasping them from the bucket.

One of the jaws as 5 is provided with a supporting hook or prong 13 onwhich the handle 2 of the brush is supported by means 7o of the hole 14:in the brush handle. The prong 13 is provided with an anchoring hook 13which passes through a pair of spaced holes 15 and 16 in the handle 5and by this means the anchoring hook is rigidly secured to the handlewith the prong 13 projecting therefrom as indicated in Fig. 2. It willbe apparent that the brush may readily be supported on or removed fromthe prong 13 and as seen in Fig. 1 it is supported above the level ofthe liquid paint in the bucket. Thus the brush may be retained inconvenient position for use by the painter when he is changing positionor changing the ladder or scaffold or during other work about thepainting operations.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is In a paint brush holder the combination 9of a pair of flat metal plates forming relatively movable jaws, edgeflanges on said plates, a coiled spring interposed between the jawsand'forming a hinge, said spring having its respective ends anchored inthe flanges of the opposite jaws, vertically spaced retaining lugsintegral with one of the plates for engagement with the coiled spring,and a brush-supporting prong on one of said 10 plates.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM LISSY.

